Adaptable bottle cage for a bicycle

Abstract

An adaptable bottle cage attachable to a frame tube of a bicycle is provided with a clip including a hanging plate and two parallel latching arms; a bracket including an upper aperture, a lower aperture, and two intermediate studs releasably secured to the hanging plate; a support integrally formed with a bottom end of the bracket; a first curved strut having a bottom end integrally formed with one end of the support distal the bracket and a top end integrally formed with one of two sides of the bracket; and a second curved strut having a bottom end integrally formed with one end of the support distal the bracket and a top end integrally formed with the other side of the bracket. The bottle cage can hold one of different water bottles with various sizes in position.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cage comprising:
 a clip comprising a hanging plate and two parallel latching arms;   a bracket comprising an upper aperture, a lower aperture, and two intermediate studs releasably secured to the hanging plate;   a support integrally formed with a bottom end of the bracket;   a first curved strut having a bottom end integrally formed with one end of the support distal the bracket and a top end integrally formed with one of two sides of the bracket; and   a second curved strut having a bottom end integrally formed with one end of the support distal the bracket and a top end integrally formed with the other side of the bracket.   
     
     
         2 . The cage of  claim 1 , wherein each stud comprises a shaft and an enlarged head at an end of the shaft, wherein the hanging plate comprises two overlapping members each including a circular holed portion and a slot portion, and wherein the circular holed portion has a diameter slightly greater than that of the enlarged head of the stud, the slot portion has a width less than the diameter of the circular holed portion, the width of the slot portion is slightly less than a diameter of the shaft of the stud, and a distance between centers of the circular holed portions is equal to centers of the enlarged heads of the studs. 
     
     
         3 . The cage of  claim 1 , wherein the clip is bent. 
     
     
         4 . The cage of  claim 1 , wherein the clip further comprises an engaging member disposed at one ends of the latching arms.